Maine Senate Candidate Faces Sexting Allegations, Campaign Reacts

 

Portland, Maine. Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign disclosed that his wife, Amy Gertner, informed campaign aides that she found sexually explicit text messages exchanged between Platner and multiple women, a development reported publicly over the weekend and first flagged by campaign staff last summer as the campaign prepared for a...

Washington weighs final approval of Iran deal

 

Washington, United States – The White House is preparing a high-level Situation Room meeting for President Donald Trump to make a final determination on a proposed agreement aimed at ending the war with Iran and reopening the closed Strait of Hormuz. The draft deal would see Iran pledge never to...

Virginia judge halts Trump administration anti-weaponization fund

 

A federal judge in the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from advancing its $1.776 billion Anti-Weaponization Fund, escalating tensions between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ordered the Department of Justice to suspend all activities related to the fund,...

United States probes Wisconsin election using debunked theories

 

Federal investigators have begun interviewing current and former election officials in Wisconsin, including several in Milwaukee, as part of a broader probe into the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to reporting published May 29, 2026, by The Washington Post, Votebeat, and Wisconsin Watch. The inquiry is reportedly relying on conspiracy...

Washington: Trump delays decision on Iran ceasefire deal

 

President Donald Trump on Friday, May 29, 2026, entered the White House Situation Room saying he would make a “final determination” on a proposed memorandum of understanding aimed at extending the three‑month Iran war ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz to unrestricted international shipping. After hours of discussions, a...

Iran demands concrete U.S. actions before truce extension

 

WASHINGTON — Iran is insisting on concrete steps from the United States rather than verbal assurances as talks continue over an emerging agreement to extend a ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reported on Friday. Iran’s chief negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said in a social media post that...

United States investigates foreign role in data center protests

 

United States federal intelligence and cybersecurity agencies are investigating allegations that foreign actors linked to China are influencing a recent wave of protests against data centers across the country. The demonstrations have disrupted operations at facilities that host major artificial intelligence models, commercial cloud services, and government data processing, raising...

Louisiana House Approves Map Removing One Black District

 

BATON ROUGE, La. The Louisiana House passed an amended version of SB121 on Thursday that redraws the state's congressional map, reducing the number of majority-black districts from two to one; the plan passed the House floor with a 66-36 vote and now returns to the State Senate for concurrence. The change...

Local election administration reports prompt scrutiny and investigations

 

Reading, Pennsylvania — At a Thursday board of elections meeting, Berks County Commissioner Michael Rivera reported that 51,612 ballots were cast in the May 19 primary, producing a 23.22% turnout; Democrats cast 25,937 ballots and Republicans cast 25,675. Rivera also presented absentee and provisional ballot counts, and the board voted...

DOJ Sues Four States Over Confidential License Plates

 

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday sued Maine, Washington, Oregon and Massachusetts, alleging each state enacted policies that unlawfully deny confidential license plates to federal law enforcement. The suits follow DOJ letters requesting rescission of the policies; Maine paused new plate issuance in January amid enforcement-operation...